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package org.onosproject.provider.of.flow.impl;

/**
 * Auxiliary abstraction.
 */
interface SwitchDataCollector {

    /**
     * Starts the collector.
     */
    void start();

    /**
     * Stops the collector.
     */
    void stop();

    /**
     * Signals reply has been received.
     */
    default void received() {

    }

    /**
     * Records the number of events seen.
     *
     * @param events number of events
     */
    default void recordEvents(int events) {

    }

    /**
     * Resets the number of events seen.
     */
    default void resetEvents() {

    }
}